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Product feature comparison for Payroll

Here's a complete list of features for QuickBooks Online Standard Payroll and Advanced Payroll, so you can choose which is best for you and your business.

Feature Standard Payroll Advanced Payroll
HMRC recognised
Automatically calculates NI, tax and student loan
Can also pay overtime, bonus and other payments
Deductions  After-tax deductions and repayments
Pay schedules Monthly and weekly Weekly, fortnightly, monthly, four weekly, quarterly, annually
Send FPS (full payment submission) to HMRC
Send EPS (employer payment summary) to HMRC Manual Automatic or Manual
Generate payslips for employees
Assess employees for workplace pensions and calculate pension contributions
Automatic pension submissions NEST NEST, Aviva, NOW, Smart Pensions, The People's Pension
Supports Multiple pension schemes including non-workplace pension schemes  ✔
Automatically calculates statutory payments SMP, SSP, SPP SMP, SSP, SPP, bereavement leave, adoption leave
Automatic tax code updates  ✔
Self-serve employee portal  Self set-up, view payslips and view P60s View payslips, request leave, view rotas, clock in and out, submit expense claims
Self-serve employee mobile app
Time tracking  Sync approved hours from T-Sheets
Automatically update at the start of the new tax year, tax tables and tax codes
Automatic payroll runs
Report your Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) Suffered  Automatic Manual
View RTI summary and filings    
Reports  
Import information from previous payroll software for quick and easy setup  
Pay Statutory Sick Pay without any waiting days and track furloughed employees   
Customised journal mapping  Automatic/No data entry  Automatic/No data entry and can be categorised by class and location